Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Her empathic nature made her a great counselor, as she could easily relate to her clients' emotions.
Relating to or characterized by empathy, especially in communication, counseling, or therapeutic contexts. The training session emphasized empathic listening skills.
(Linguistics) Denoting a grammatical form or construction that expresses the speaker's emotional identification with a participant in the discourse. Some indigenous languages use special empathic pronouns to highlight identification with the subject.